Seven sermons on several select subjects preached

Secondly, If Christ hath given thee a well grounded peace; oh! be thankful for this great gift: No Rhetoric, ⟨p. 65⟩no Tongue of Angels can set it forth in all its glory. Peace of Soul, it makes a harmony in a Christian: Though there be never so many discouragements in the world; yet he enjoys a harmony in his own Soul. This inward peace, it is the best still Music: That you may be thankful for this peace, consider how sad it is to want this peace, because this is the contrary of it.

Secondly, If Christ hath given thee a well grounded peace; oh! be thankful for this great gift: No Rhetorick, ⟨p. 65⟩no Tongue of Angels can set it forth in all its glory. Peace of Soul, it makes a harmony in a Christian: Though there be never so many discouragements in the world; yet he enjoys a harmony in his own Soul. This inward peace, it is the best still Musick: That you may be thankful for this peace, consider how sad it is to want this peace, because this is the contrary of it.

I argue thus;

If the Devil, and horror of Conscience, be so dreadful; then certainly inward peace of Conscience flowing from Christ must needs be very sweet: to have Conscience vex and trouble, it is, as it's well called, a sharp fury. Spira, he had that inward horror of Soul, when he had sinned; that he died with the fear and terror of Hell in his Soul; he thought Judgment less than that. Now if the sting of Conscience be so bitter; then the peace of Conscience must needs be sweet. Hath God set thy Soul, which was ⟨p. 66⟩